INSIDE DOUGLAS COLLEGE / JANUARY 16, 1990

 

 

 

“Think globally and act locally”: recycling
initiative taken in A-V department

Off in the corner of the Library,
the collective of Audio-Visual per-
sonnel has begun to “think globally
and act locally”. We have initiated a
recycling endeavour for our area to
deal with the paper and plastic
waste that we generate. Two of our
staff have offered to transport waste
material on their own time to a
recycler in Queensborough. Com-
puter paper and other papers are
being separated to accommodate the
recycler’s needs. We have learned
that our waste polyester acetate rolls
from the overhead projectors can be
recycled, so we are hereby request-
ing faculty to return spent rolls from
their classrooms to the A-V Depart-
ment so that recycling can occur.

Anyone concerned with the dis-
posal of small appliance batteries
(mercury, nickel-cadmium, etc.) can
bring old spent batteries to A-V for
safe storage until a safe disposal sys-
tem can be found. According to the
Provincial Ministry of the Environ-
ment, there are no battery recycling

 

Memorandum

To: Faculty Who Donated Funds Via
Howard Eaton to Staff

From: BCGEU Steward Sub-Commit-
tee (Fund Distribution)

On behalf of all the staff who
were helped by this fund, we would
like to express our appreciation for
your monetary contributions.

Many people would have had
difficulty getting through November
without your donations.

Thanks again to all of you.

depots anywhere in North America
at the moment. When these bat-
teries go to the garbage can and
wind up at a land fill or incinerator,
the casings are destroyed and the
toxic heavy metals make their way
into the environment!

Prominent scientists from every
discipline are all saying that we
have only a decade to clean up our
act on this beautiful planet of ours
and reverse the deterioration of our
fragile ecosystem. Since we are

seeing little leadership from any
level of government to get things
under control with respect to our en-
vironment, it will be small in-
dividual efforts that will put the
pressure on governments to act with
greater haste. The College, collec-
tively, could become a model for
recycling in the community if we
put our heads together.

Audio-Visual Department of
Learning Resources

Emergency bursary fund established

An emergency bursary fund has
been established to assist students
facing increased financial hardship
due to the extension of the fall
semester.

The fund will be administered
by the Financial Aid Office.

Anyone interested in donating
to the fund for emergency bursaries
can send their contribution to the

Foundation Office in room 4800.
Please make your cheque payable to
the Emergency Bursary Fund.
All donations are tax deductible.
For further information contact
Randi Duke in room 4800A, Local
5359. @

 

Human Rights and Canadian Society course
examines impact of Charter of Rights

In 1982 Canada’s Parliament proclaimed the Charter of Rights and
Freedoms. Since then hardly a month goes by without news reports on the
effects of this legislation on important aspects of Canadian life.

Douglas College offers a three credit course on the Charter of Rights this
spring. Called Human Rights and Canadian Society, IDST 100-N50, Room
3825 the course provides insight into the impact on the charter on Canadian
life, and the legal and moral reasoning which goes into charter decisions.

This course will be taught by James Baugh, a practising lawyer with an
M.A. in Philosophy who has excellent qualifications in the subject and con-

siderable experience with the Charter.

Credit is transferrable to SFU and U-Vic. The course is given on
Thursday between 7:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m.

Students of Philosophy, Political Science, Criminology, Sociology and
any person interested in this often talked about but little known legislation

would benefit from this course. @

 

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